Paul Burton is the Northeast Regional Editor for The Bond Buyer. His major coverage has included New York City and MTA finances; the Harrisburg, Pa., debt crisis; the 38 Studios bond financing fiasco in Rhode Island; and unfunded pension liability. Paul hosts podcasts and videos and has moderated at Bond Buyer conferences. Previously, Paul was senior editor and copy chief at M&A-oriented financial media company The Deal LLC. His award-winning career has spanned financial, sports and political journalism. A Boston native, Paul is the author of the book “Tales from the Newsrooms.” He is a frequent public speaker and has appeared as an expert on municipal debt on radio and television shows, including former CBS News White House correspondent Sharyl Attkisson’s public-affairs program, “Full Measure.”
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The authority, which Moody’s dropped to A2 from A1, seeks a further $4 billion from Washington and has paused its capital program.
April 16 -
New York's mayor announced sharp cuts, a draw on reserves and a call for further assistance from Washington.
April 16 -
The pending deal with a Bank of America-led syndicate would enable the commonwealth to draw down needed finds while tax revenues are deferred.
April 15 -
Rachael Fauss of Reinvent Albany explores cash-flow remedies for the mass transit system amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Federal Reserve possibly buying MTA bonds. Other topics include data transparency. Paul Burton hosts.
April 14 -
Brodsky, who died of suspected complications from COVID-19, is remembered as a tenacious public official and a skilled debater.
April 9 -
The COVID-19 crisis has stretched many hospital groups, notably in Greater Boston, to their limits.
April 8 -
More federal rescue moves are necessary for the nation’s largest mass transit system, according to the advocacy group Reinvent Albany.
April 7 -
Lee Igel, a professor at New York University's Tisch Institute for Global Sport, examines the ripple-effect economic impact, tangible and psychological, of sports cancellations due to the coronavirus. Paul Burton hosts.
April 7 -
Gov. Ned Lamont said the federal rescue package will provide some flexibility even as state deficits mount.
April 6 -
The Ocean State activated a dormant disaster board for emergency borrowing, a tool not available for other states in the region.
April 3 -
The rating agency echoed others in citing the New York transportation system's hard fall since the coronavirus outbreak.
April 3 -
Negative outlooks trigger questions about other reeling areas in the capital markets crosshairs.
April 2 -
The worst is yet to come from the coronavirus pandemic, said the commonwealth's revenue secretary, Dan Hassell.
April 2 -
The rating agency expects a 'sudden and severe decline in the city's sales and income taxes' as a hit to the city's budget and economy from the coronavirus crisis.
April 1 -
The agency placed its ratings on the MTA’s Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority general revenue bonds and subordinate revenue bonds on watch-downgrade.
April 1 -
The plunge of the financial markets amid COVID-19 stands to push up pension costs — and budget strain — for the city.
March 31 -
Nicole Gelinas from the Manhattan Institute discusses the economic blows to New York City and the MTA from the pandemic, and options available. Paul Burton hosts the program, recorded one week ago.
March 31 -
Bond-financed student housing was already facing headwinds when the COVID-19 crisis sent most tenants home.
March 30 -
He is maintaining his full schedule and working at home, authority officials said.
March 30 -
An obscure board authorized in 1973 and categorized as "military affairs and defense" approved Gov. Gina Raimondo's request despite questions about constitutionality.
March 27
